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Mr. Shifty

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First release
Apr 13, 2017
Developer
Team Shifty
Publisher
tinyBuild
Engine
Unity
Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Fighting, Indie, Adventure, Shooter, Puzzle · Action
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Linux

Quit creeping through shadows, stop surveilling security patterns, and ditch the fancy toys. An expert thief and master of infiltration, Mr. Shifty can get inside any place he wants with just the power of his fists…okay, teleporting helps. A speed-stealth, kung-fu brawler about a teleporting thief, Mr. Shifty combines fast top-down gameplay with the ferocity of '90s Hong Kong action cinema, coming to PC (Win/Mac), PS4, and Xbox One in 2017. Pummel your way through 75 levels of heists, rescue missions, boss battles, and down-'n'-dirty brawls. Outsmart your opponents by luring them into traps and tricking them into shooting each other. Activate slow-motion to dodge when the gunfire gets too thick, and watch your back, because it only takes one bullet to bring you down. Newly announced from indie publisher tinyBuild GAMES, Mr. Shifty is the debut title from Team Shifty; a close-knit group of four developers from Brisbane, Australia, who previously worked as a team at Halfbrick for over five years and have collectively shipped 21 games for consoles and handheld.

Also known as MrShifty.exe

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Storyline
Mr. Shifty is a thief who can teleport short distances, blinking through walls and slipping past gunfire in the blink of an eye. Guided over the radio by his handler Nyx, he breaks into Olympus Tower, the heavily guarded headquarters of StoneCorp, on a mission to steal a dangerous weapon before the sinister Chairman Stone can put it to malevolent use. Punching and dodging his way up through room after room of armed guards and deadly traps, Shifty pushes deeper into the tower toward a reckoning with Stone.Read more

Mr. Shifty is a thief who can teleport short distances, blinking through walls and slipping past gunfire in the blink of an eye. Guided over the radio by his handler Nyx, he breaks into Olympus Tower, the heavily guarded headquarters of StoneCorp, on a mission to steal a dangerous weapon before the sinister Chairman Stone can put it to malevolent use. Punching and dodging his way up through room after room of armed guards and deadly traps, Shifty pushes deeper into the tower toward a reckoning with Stone.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Apr 13, 2017
Mac
Apr 13, 2017
Nintendo Switch
Apr 13, 2017
All 6 release dates
Linux
Apr 13, 2017
PlayStation 4
Jul 11, 2017
Xbox One
Aug 04, 2017
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
0h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
skill-based, brawler, steam, crime, teleportation
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Critic Score
64
Main + Extras (IGDB)
0h
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